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Tuesday, 9 October 2012

A veteran broadcaster has been banned
from the press box at AIK Stockholm after he was heard referring to
black players as 'darkies' in a radio commentary booth. Bo
Hansson, unaware he was being broadcast, was watching AIK's match
against Gefle from the Sveriges Radio commentary position. During the
web commentary on the game, listeners heard a voice - later identified
as Hansson's - make several references to 'darkies'.

'Bo Hansson is no longer allowed into
the press box this season, what he has done is contrary to our values -
we have zero tolerance for racism,' AIK managing director Thomas
Edselius told newspaper Sportbladet.Jacob
Sillen, head of sport at Sveriges Radio, said in a statement: 'Such
comments can and should never be allowed in our broadcasts. It is deeply
regrettable.'Hansson told Sportbladet: 'I was talking to myself in my corner. It was never intended to be broadcast. I had no idea.'